Canon PIXMA MG5550 Owner's manual

MG5500 series

Online Manual

Printing

Copying

English

Contents

Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Printing from a Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Printing with Application Software that You are Using (Printer Driver). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Printing with Easy Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Setting the Media Type with the Printer Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Various Printing Methods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Setting a Page Size and Orientation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Setting the Number of Copies and Printing Order. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Setting the Stapling Margin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Execute Borderless Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Fit-to-Page Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Scaled Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Page Layout Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Tiling/Poster Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Booklet Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Duplex Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Stamp/Background Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Registering a Stamp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Registering Image Data to be Used as a Background. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Setting Up Envelope Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Printing on Postcards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Displaying the Print Results before Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Setting Paper Dimensions (Custom Size). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Editing the Print Document or Reprinting from the Print History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Changing the Print Quality and Correcting Image Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Setting the Print Quality Level (Custom). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Printing a Color Document in Monochrome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Specifying Color Correction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Optimal Photo Printing of Image Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Adjusting Colors with the Printer Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Printing with ICC Profiles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Interpreting the ICC Profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Adjusting Color Balance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Adjusting Color Balance Using Sample Patterns (Printer Driver). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Adjusting Brightness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Adjusting Intensity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Adjusting Contrast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Adjusting Intensity/Contrast Using Sample Patterns (Printer Driver). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Overview of the Printer Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Canon IJ Printer Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

How to Open the Printer Driver Setup Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Canon IJ Status Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Checking the Ink Status from Your Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Canon IJ Preview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Deleting the Undesired Print Job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Instructions for Use (Printer Driver). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Printer Driver Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Quick Setup tab Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Main tab Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Page Setup tab Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Maintenance tab Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Canon IJ Preview Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Canon IJ XPS Preview Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Canon IJ Status Monitor Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Updating the MP Drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Obtaining the Latest MP Drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Deleting the Unnecessary MP Drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Before Installing the MP Drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Installing the MP Drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Printing Using the Operation Panel of the Machine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Printing Template Forms Such As Lined Paper or Graph Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Using Web Service Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Notice for Web Service Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Printing Photos in Online Photo Album. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Downloading and Printing Template Forms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Settings for Web Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Printing with the Access Point Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Copying. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Making Copies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Displaying the Preview Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Setting Items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Reducing or Enlarging a Copy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Two-Sided Copying. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

About Special Copy Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Copying Two Pages to Fit onto a Single Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Copying Four Pages to Fit onto a Single Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Copying Thick Originals Such as Books. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Copying without Borders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Copying Photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Printing

Printing from a Computer

Printing with Application Software that You are Using (Printer Driver)

Printing Using the Operation Panel of the Machine

Printing Template Forms Such As Lined Paper or Graph Paper

Using Web Service Printing

Notice for Web Service Printing

Printing Photos in Online Photo Album

Downloading and Printing Template Forms

Settings for Web Service

Printing with the Access Point Mode

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Printing from a Computer

Printing with Application Software that You are Using (Printer Driver)

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Printing with Application Software that You are Using

(Printer Driver)

Printing with Easy Setup Basic

Various Printing Methods

Changing the Print Quality and Correcting Image Data

Overview of the Printer Driver

Printer Driver Description

Updating the MP Drivers

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Printing with Easy Setup

This section describes the simple procedure for setting the Quick Setup tab so that you can

carry out appropriate printing on this machine.

1. Check that the machine is turned on

2. Load paper on the machine

3. Open the printer driver setup window

4. Select a frequently used profile

In Commonly Used Settings on the Quick Setup tab, select a printing profile suited

for the purpose.

When you select a printing profile, the Additional Features, Media Type, and

Printer Paper Size settings are automatically switched to the values that were

preset.

5. Select the print quality

For Print Quality, select High, Standard, or Draft according to your purpose.

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Important

The print quality settings that can be selected may differ depending on a printing

profile.

6. Complete the setup

Click OK.

When you execute print, the document is printed with settings that match your

purpose.

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Important

When you select the Always Print with Current Settings check box, all settings

specified on the Quick Setup, Main, and Page Setup tabs are saved, and you can print

with the same settings from the next time as well.

In the Commonly Used Settings window, click Save... to register the specified

settings.

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Setting the Media Type with the Printer Driver

When you use this machine, selecting a media type that matches the print purpose will help

you achieve the best print results.

You can use the following media types on this machine.

Commercially available papers

Media name Media Type in the printer driver

Plain Paper (including recycled paper) Plain Paper

Envelopes Envelope

Canon genuine papers (Photo Printing)

Media name <Model No.> Media Type in the printer driver

Photo Paper Plus Glossy II <PP-201> Photo Paper Plus Glossy II

Photo Paper Pro Platinum <PT-101> Photo Paper Pro Platinum

Photo Paper Pro Luster <LU-101> Photo Paper Pro Luster

Photo Paper Plus Semi-gloss <SG-201> Photo Paper Plus Semi-gloss

Photo Paper Glossy <GP-501/GP-601> Glossy Photo Paper

Matte Photo Paper <MP-101> Matte Photo Paper

Canon genuine papers (Business Letter Printing)

Media name <Model No.> Media Type in the printer driver

High Resolution Paper <HR-101N> High Resolution Paper

Canon genuine papers (Original Products)

Media name <Model No.> Media Type in the printer driver

T-Shirt Transfers <TR-301> T-Shirt Transfers

Photo Stickers <PS-101> Photo Paper Plus Glossy II

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Various Printing Methods

Setting a Page Size and Orientation

Setting the Number of Copies and Printing Order

Setting the Stapling Margin

Execute Borderless Printing

Fit-to-Page Printing

Scaled Printing

Page Layout Printing

Tiling/Poster Printing

Booklet Printing

Duplex Printing

Stamp/Background Printing

Registering a Stamp

Registering Image Data to be Used as a Background

Setting Up Envelope Printing

Printing on Postcards

Displaying the Print Results before Printing

Setting Paper Dimensions (Custom Size)

Editing the Print Document or Reprinting from the Print History

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Setting a Page Size and Orientation

The paper size and orientation are essentially determined by the application software.

When the page size and orientation set for Page Size and Orientation on the Page Setup

tab are same as those set with the application software, you do not need to select them on

the Page Setup tab.

When you are not able to specify them with the application software, the procedure for

selecting a page size and orientation is as follows:

You can also set page size and orientation on the Quick Setup tab.

1. Open the printer driver setup window

2. Select the paper size

Select a page size from the Page Size list on the Page Setup tab.

3. Set Orientation

Select Portrait or Landscape for Orientation. Check Rotate 180 degrees check

box when you want to perform printing with the original being rotated 180 degrees.

4. Complete the setup

Click OK.

When you execute print, the document will be printed with the selected page size and

the orientation.

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Note

If Normal-size is selected for Page Layout, then Automatically reduce large

document that the printer cannot output is displayed.

Normally, you can leave the Automatically reduce large document that the printer

cannot output check box checked. During printing, if you do not want to reduce large

documents that cannot be printed on the printer, uncheck the check box.

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Setting the Number of Copies and Printing Order

The procedure for specifying the number of copies and printing order is as follows:

You can also set the number of copies on the Quick Setup tab.

1. Open the printer driver setup window

2. Specify the number of copies to be printed

For Copies on the Page Setup tab, specify the number of copies to be printed.

3. Specify the print order

Check the Print from Last Page check box when you want to print from the last

page in order, and uncheck the check box when you want to print from the first page.

Check the Collate check box when you are printing multiple copies of a document

and want to print out all pages in each copy together. Uncheck this check box when

you want to print all pages with the same page number together.

• Print from Last Page: /Collate:

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• Print from Last Page: /Collate:

4. Complete the setup

Click OK.

When you execute print, the specified number of copies will be printed with the

specified printing order.

Important

When the application software that you used to create the document has the same

function, specify the settings on the printer driver. However, if the print results are not

acceptable, specify the function settings on the application software. When you specify

the number of copies and the printing order with both the application software and this

printer driver, the number of copies may be multiplied numbers of the two settings or the

specified printing order may not be enabled.

Print from Last Page appears grayed out and is unavailable when Tiling/Poster is

selected for Page Layout.

When Booklet is selected for Page Layout, Print from Last Page and Collate

appear grayed out and cannot be set.

When Duplex Printing is selected, Print from Last Page appears grayed out and

cannot be set.

Note

By setting both Print from Last Page and Collate, you can perform printing so that

papers are collated one by one starting from the last page.

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These settings can be used in combination with Normal-size, Borderless, Fit-to-Page,

Scaled, Page Layout, and Duplex Printing.

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Setting the Stapling Margin

The procedure for setting the staple side and the margin width is as follows:

1. Open the printer driver setup window

2. Specify the side to be stapled

Check the position of the stapling margin from Stapling Side on the Page Setup tab.

The printer analyzes the Orientation and Page Layout settings, and automatically

selects the best staple position. When you want to change the setting, select from the

list.

3. Set the margin width

If necessary, click Specify Margin... and set the margin width, and then click OK.

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Note

The printer automatically reduces the print area depending on the staple

position margin.

4. Complete the setup

Click OK on the Page Setup tab.

When you execute print, the data is printed with the specified staple side and margin

width.

Important

Stapling Side and Specify Margin... appear grayed out and are unavailable when:

• Borderless, Tiling/Poster, or Booklet is selected for Page Layout

• Scaled is selected for Page Layout (When Duplex Printing is also selected, only

Stapling Side can be specified.)

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Execute Borderless Printing

The borderless printing function allows you to print data without any margin by enlarging the

data so that it extends slightly off the paper. In standard printing, margins are created

around the document area. However, in borderless printing function, these margins are not

created. When you want to print data such as a photo without providing any margin around

it, set borderless printing.

The procedure for performing borderless printing is as follows:

You can also set borderless printing in Additional Features on the Quick Setup tab.

Setting Borderless Printing

1. Open the printer driver setup window

2. Set borderless printing

Select Borderless from the Page Layout list on the Page Setup tab.

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